William Bayer's THE MURALS has been shortlisted for the International Association of Crime Writers' Hammett Prize, which is awarded to one book every year that "best represents the conception of literary excellence in crime writing," according to the IACW website. Previous nominees have included included Norman Mailer, Robertson Davies, Cormac McCarthy, Laura Joh Rowland, and Walter Mosley,
Read more about the Hammett Prize here.